Chiming in to agree -- the original AirPods made a serious difference to how much I listened to things. I was skeptical before I tried them, but the subtle inconvenience of cables turned out to be a huge subconscious factor to me. The convenient case (and not having to deal with wrapping cables up to put them away in it...) also helped, of course.
Re:The AirPods Pro “Rattlegate”
by dkonofalski on Monday July 13, 2020 @09:02PM
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I'm luckily one of the people that isn't suffering from this rattling issue and I own both the AirPods and AirPods Pro and I think both of them are fantastic. Based on what I'm seeing online, it's gotta be a small percentage of people that are experiencing this. My family and friends have about 6 pairs of the Pros between us and none of us are having this issue.
Just grab a regular Bluetooth earphones then. Those $20 ones may seem to be too good to be true, but they work and sound great, and you can replace them on a whim if they do die.
Source: owns a cheapass Soundpeat.
I worked for an electronics testing lab for several years and used about, um, maybe 20 pairs of different headphones. Bluetooth sucks and most people’s implementation of it sucks even more. Maybe I have bad luck but almost all Bluetooth devices I have used have been absolute garbage without apple’a OOB pairing.
Airpods (not pro) are fantastic for what they are. They last for hours, charge in minutes, pair reliably with my iphone 11 and sound very ok. Not great, but not bad. Ok. Perfect for podcasts, audiobooks, lectures, and calls I have to take throughout the day.
The famous photography advice "the best camera in the world is the one you have on you when you need to take a picture" definitely applies. It lets me listen to spoken word and a little music very comfortability throughout the day, and I have big cans at home for everything else.